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A15779 A treatise, shewing the possibilitie, and conueniencie of the reall presence of our Sauiour in the blessed Sacrament the former is declared by similitudes and examples: the latter by the causes of the same. Wright, Thomas, d. 1624. 1596 (1596) STC 26043.5; ESTC S111546 105,764 270

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